Chapter Twenty-Three: The Curse on the Lingyan Pavilion

The words were deafening. made everyone present change their complexions.

The Ren family is indeed backed by the Baoguo Mansion, and it does have more than a dozen businesses under its banner, and there are large mansions and Zhuangzi inside and outside Chang'an City, and there are more than one. But the Ren family can't even touch the edge of the wealthy family, and compared with those royal relatives, they are even worse than the ashes.

The Ren family got the "elixir" and immediately joined forces with the other two giant merchants to sell it together, which could not only throw out the danger, but also show the strength of its business. However, if the Ren family gets the formula of the "elixir", it will also be a baby holding a gold brick through the city! If you don't handle it properly, you will end up with both people and money.

"The owner, the old servant was reckless just now, and I ask the owner to punish him!" quickly sorted out the cause and effect, and the housekeeper Ren Fu saw sweat on his forehead, and quickly apologized.

"That's it, you're also for the Ren family!" Ren Qiong waved her hand, and she was excited. Immediately, he asked in a deep voice: "Has Zhang Shaolangjun's clothes been returned to him?" Can there be damage and shortcomings? ”

"Returned, all the night before yesterday, without any damage or shortcomings." The housekeeper Ren Fu suddenly blushed when he was asked again, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and reported in a low voice, "The old servant also asked someone to use the method of weaving and mending to mend the damaged places where the wolf was scratched, and they were all repaired!" ”

"It's good to return it, he is kind to the old man, and the old man can't make people laugh at him, and he won't even let go of the benefactor's clothes!" Ren Qiong exhaled and nodded lightly again.

Hearing this, the housekeeper Ren Fu's face turned even redder, and he hurriedly explained in a whisper, saying that he mistakenly thought that Zhang Qian was a liar who didn't know where to get a strange piece of clothing, and then swaggered around, so he tried to track down the materials, craftsmanship and origin of those clothes, not intentionally to offend the other party.

However, Ren Qiong didn't want to listen, waved her hand lightly, and interrupted in a low voice: "You are very enterprising, and your ability is far beyond ordinary people, just being a housekeeper, I really wronged you." In this way, the Baoguo Mansion is preparing to open a branch in Jincheng to connect the flow of goods between the Western Regions and the Central Plains, and there is a lack of a capable and responsible person. The old man thinks it has to be you, and I'll write you a letter of appointment later, you take it, and hurry over there to take the post. Go over early, tie down the plate early, and let the old man feel at ease! ”

"Owner!" The housekeeper Ren Fu was so shocked that he knelt on the ground with a puff and kowtowed repeatedly, "The old servant is really for the Ren family, so he moved the mind of the immortal master's clothes." The old servant did not have the slightest selfishness in this move. The old servant can swear to the heavens......"

"Get up, get up, tell you to go and take charge of yourself, why are you like being swept away?" Ren Qiong stood up, walked in front of Ren Fu, and grabbed the latter's arm with the hand that was not affected by the wound, "If you change someone else, I'm afraid it's too late to be happy." ”

"Owner!" Ren Fu was afraid of pulling Ren Qiong's wound, so he choked and slowly stood up, aggrieved beyond measure, "The old servant knows that he is wrong, the old servant can hand over the housekeeper's errand, please give the old servant another chance, don't drive the old servant away." Even if it's to let the old servant lead the horse for you......"

"Nonsense, leading the horse to fall, how can I use you!" Ren Qiong smiled, raised her hand and wiped away the other party's tears with her thumb, "Ren Fu, I just said that you are not going to Jincheng to punish you." You are enterprising, decisive in doing things, and went to Jincheng, which happened to be useful. Bao Guogong has united several leading figures to prepare to open up the trade routes of the Western Regions, and he also needs enterprising talents like you. And Chang'an's side is deep and dangerous, what is needed is not to be enterprising, but to be "stable"! It's better to look forward and sit back and watch the opportunity be missed, than to act rashly! ”

Turning his head to glance at his wife and children, he raised his voice a little more, and added with a sigh: "The old man's words are not said to Ren Fu alone, you also need to think carefully when you act normally, don't think that you have some money in the family, so you take the initiative to provoke right and wrong." This Chang'an City, the water is deep, if you are not careful, it will cause disaster to the whole family! I think that Emperor Taizong remembered the founding of the country by his ministers and sculpted the statues of twenty-four princes on the Lingyan Pavilion, what a glory it was for the princes and their descendants? However, the year before last, the Holy Son ascended the throne, remembering the hard work of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and recalling the descendants of the princes of the country from all over the country to return the Chang'an knights, and the supply was restored, as many as nineteen! ”

"The twenty-four sages of Lingyan Pavilion, with the merit of founding the country, cannot guarantee the wealth and longevity of their children and grandchildren. Now that the war between the DPRK and China is raging day by day, if we are not cautious in a small family, once we are involved, won't we immediately disappear? ”

Lest his wife and children not believe it, he sighed again, and continued to add in a deep voice: "Nineteen of the twenty-four meritorious heroes have been convicted, but the Baoguo Mansion, which our Ren family has worked for for three generations, is not among them, why? First, it is that the first generation of Bao Guogong passed early, and he died in the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, and he did not catch up with the later deposition of the crown prince and the dispute between the princes. The second is that the first generation of Guogong taught his children in a good way, and only allowed the old Guogong to take his old brothers to make money, but did not allow the old Guogong to mix in any superficial things. And after he passed away, the old prince also had no right to speak because his seniority was not as good as that of his elders, and he couldn't get involved in any major matters. As a result, in the end, the Duanfu of Baoguo Gong was blessed by misfortune and became one of the most nourishing families among the twenty-four meritorious families! (Note 1: Duan Zhixuan, the Duke of Baoguo, by the time of Zhongzong, was already three generations of Guogong, and his blessings were long.) Most of the other heroes were beheaded in two generations, and it was Zhongzong who rehabilitated them and restored the policy. ）

"The owner of the village expects a long time, and the old servant knows that he is wrong!" The housekeeper Ren Fu no longer dared to say that he was wronged, so he bowed down and gave Ren Qiong a long look. "The old servant went to Jincheng, and he must do his best to run a new place for our Ren family and the proprietor Baoguo Mansion!"

"When you leave, you should have some more money in your account, so as not to be stretched out over there!" Ren Qiong's heart suddenly swelled with a little reluctance, nodded, and solemnly admonished.

Then he turned his gaze to his wife and children, and continued to whisper: "I have not said these things before, and I will not say them again. The situation is dark and uncertain, and the old man would rather you live a mess one by one than want you to be in the limelight. Since your great-grandfather's life, the Ren family has followed the Baoguo Mansion all the way to the present, even if you don't do anything, it is enough to eat a stable meal for several lifetimes. And once you go the wrong way, or stand on the wrong team, I am afraid that you will not die alone, and the entire family will be dragged down by you! ”

"Children obey their father's teachings!" Ren Yingying and Ren Zhang's four sisters and brothers seemed to understand whether they understood or not, but they agreed in unison.

"No wonder Cong'er is obsessed with swordsmen and immortals, but you don't stop him, master, it turns out that what you think is so long-term!" The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled and nodded slowly.

was about to say a few more words with a gun and a stick, lest Ren Cong compare his younger brothers and sisters with his meritorious service in saving his father. Outside the door of the house, there was already a panting cry from the little fat man: "Grandpa, grandpa, something important, Brother Zhang has something important, let me tell you." Then, the elixir of warding off evil spirits, you must not touch the wine for twelve hours after taking it. Otherwise, the medicinal properties are compatible with the wine, and the life of the person taking the medicine will definitely be difficult to protect! ”

"Ahh

This son of the Mo family really deserves his reputation! Fortunately, I temporarily changed my mind today and did not force this person too much. Otherwise, he would definitely not remember this advice in time. And if you go down with a glass of celebratory wine, you will be very happy and sad.